Some Scottish Emigrants of 1832

Some Scottish Emigrants of 1832

Source: George A. MacKenzie

Initially published in Families, Vol. 28, No 4, 1989, p. 223-224.

Name of ship verified in Families, Vol. 31, 1992, p. 32.

Transcribed: Laurie Curtis, November 2002

Transcriber note: This list is cited as a "tantalizing tidbit that shows us that sometimes there are passenger lists available before 1850".

Many notices appeared in the newspapers of the 1830s and 1840s in which emigrants expressed their thanks to the captain of the vessel which transported them across the Atlantic . One is lucky when one comes across such a notice containing the names of perhaps half a dozen emigrants. It is even more fortunate, however, when a list turns up with more than six names, plus family composition, plus place of origin. The notice, dated 6^th June, with the list of names, appeared in the Quebec Gazette of 13 June, 1832 . The vessel’s name has not been absolutely verified, but it can be associated with Portoferry. She sailed from Greenock to Quebec in 28 days, her skipper being Captain Pollock. ("wife and two" is an abbreviation for wife and two of a family).

Anderson, John & wife	Old Buttrey (sic)
Bennet, Robert	Wigton
Black, James & wife & child	Paisley
Buchan, Walter	Glasgow
Burns, John & wife & two	Rattray
Cameron, Peter	East Kilbride
Campbell, Robert & three	Bridge of Weir
Cannon, Thomas & daughter	Glasgow
Carnegie, John & wife & three	East Kilbride
Carse, John & wife	Glasgow
Cautter, Hugh & three	Dairy
Clark, Peter & wife	Campbeltown
Clark, William & wife & three	Berwick on Tweed
Connal, Alex	Glasgow
Cuthbertson, Alex	Hamilton
Dow, Joseph Gilchrist	Glasgow
Duncan, George	Glasgow
Dunn, Thomas	----eland
Easton , James & nine	Blantyre Works
Edmeston, J. & three	Glasgow
Fairley, William	Airdrie
Fell, William	Hamilton
Forbes, Donald & wife	Inverness
Forbes, John	Alyth
Gemmell, Tomas & wife	Glasgow
Gentles, James	Paisley
Graham, John & one	Monzie
Grant, Alex & wife & three	Calder
Hepburn, Alex	Athelstonford
Hepburn, John	Edinburgh
Hood, Henry & son	Lanark
Hunter, Hector & wife & four	Berwick on Tweed
Hunter, James & three	Glasgow
Jaffray, Robert	Glasgow
Jarvie, Walter & wife & child	Kirkintilloch
Kennedy, Thomas	Hawick
Lochhead, Matthew	Westhord (?)
Martin, Donald	Skye
McAllister, Alex & ten	Campbeltown
McCready, Thomas	New Diary
McEwan, James & six	Dumblane (sic)
McGregor, Malcolm	Invernesshire
McKenzie, James	Blantyre
McKinlay, Jno & wife	Glasgow
Miller, Robert	Glasgow
Morrison, Robert & wife & son	Crieff
Niven, Dun	Alyth
Rankin, Robert	Glasgow
Rankin, William	Berwick
Reid, George & wife & three	Glasgow
Robertson, James	Glasgow
Ross, John & wife	Glasgow
Scoular, John	Glasgow
Smith, William & two nephews	Haddington
Spiers, John	Bridge of Weir
Stewart, Duncan & wife & three	Paisley
Stewart, William & three	Edinburgh
Stewart, William & mother	Invernesshire
Storie, Barnell (Barnett??) & son	Blantyre Works
Struthers, William & six	Bothwell
Templeton, Robert & five	Rothsay (sic)
Thomson, George & wife	Blantyre
Thomson, Peter & wife	Paisley
Thomson, Samuel	Blantyre
White, Hugh	Baladne Deep (sic)

Posted: 28 November, 2002.